Keeping commonplace books is a very old practice—they were extremely popular during the Renaissance—but the tracking of quotations that strike you has a practical value, particularly for today’s students and writers.
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Read MoreFor anyone who still has deadlines to meet, don’t fall into the trap of trying to strategize an essay that is unique next to all the thousands of others stacked in front of application readers. Just decide what’s meaningful to you, and consider what you have to say about that subject.
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Read MoreMuch of the photography on these pages is courtesy of Unsplash. Pat's profile photo is by Amelia Martinez (@melypittman).
